Melaka, Malaysia, May 11 - Evergreen Mardan Mamat marched to a convincing victory in the PGM-ASEAN PGA A'Famosa Masters today at the A'Famosa Golf Resort.The 45-year-old shot a two-under-par 70 for a four stroke win over Malaysian Khor Kheng Hwai.
The US$60,000 tournament, which is joint sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour and the PGM Tour, marked Mamat’s third ASEAN PGA title.
His triumph also made up for his loss against Filipino Tony Lascuna in a sudden-death play-off in the Sabah Masters in January.
Mamat started the day with a five shot lead thanks to a third round 65.
He made the turn in one under although gave a glimmer of hope to the chasing pack after double bogeying the 10th.
However, he showed his class by nailing birdies on 13, 17 and 18.
He finished the tournament on 15-under-par 273.
Khor carded a 69 for his finest performance on the ASEAN PGA Tour.
Thailand’s Ratchapol Jantavara and R. Nachimuthu from Malaysia tied for third eight shots behind Mamat. Ratchapol shot 70 while Nachimuthu returned 73.
Indonesians Kurnia Herishandy (75) and Adi Bramantyo (78) finished in 36th and 47th position respectively, which for Adi meant he's the best amateur in the field.
Mamat also won on the PGM Tour last year in the PGM-CCM Impian Masters and later in the season claimed the Philippine Open.
The next leg on the ASEAN PGA Tour is the PGM-ASEAN PGA Penang Classic. The US$60,000 event will be played at Penang Golf Resort from June 12 to 15.
Leading Final Round Scores (Par 72):
273 - Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 69 69 65 70
277 - KHOR Kheng Hwai (MAS) 68 69 71 69
281 - Ratchapol JANTAVARA (THA) 71 67 73 70, R NACHIMUTHU (MAS) 73 67 68 73
282 - Mohd Rizal AMIN (MAS) 69 69 73 71
283 - Kenneth DE SILVA (MAS) 70 70 73 70, Iylia JAMIL (MAS) 71 68 72 72, S. MURTHY (MAS) 63 73 74 73, Airil RIZMAN (MAS) 69 72 69 73
285 - Anis Helmi HASSAN (MAS) 72 67 69 77
Selected:
297 - Kurnia HERISHANDY (INA) 76 72 74 75
303 - Adi BRAMANTYO (am) (INA) 76 72 77 78
No comments:
Post a Comment